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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
373 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 7 of 19
Shortly after 2 o'clock the holes which had been drilled on the southeast cliff and charged with blasting powder were fired. Warning had, of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The appearance of things at Block ll, the scene of the fire, seemed this morning hopeful to some people, but others held a different view. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AT 3 o'clock the smoke seemed to have still further decreased, and Mr Stewart was sanguine that they were successfully combating the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The inquest on the recent fires on board the Hilaris was concluded to-day after lasting several days. The jury returned a verdict that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →IT was the opinion of some people that the smoke had increased in the cut daring the afternoon; but at 6 o'clock Superintendent Hansen stated that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SHORTLY after 2 o'clock the holes which had been drilled on the southeast cliff and charged with blasting powder were fired. Warning had, of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →DURING last night eight or nine more shots were fired in the cliff near Drew shaft. These precipitated a large body of ground, but, strangely, it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE fire in Block ll broke out at a very inopportune time for Broken Hill. The people were jast in the midst of a spall of low spirits. An accident of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mark Lindsay, the second mate, and Edward Benson, the watchman of the Hilaria, were brought before the Coroner to-day and were formally…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A big fire occurred last evening in Menz and Co.'s biscuit factory. It burned for two and a half hoare. The damage is estimated at over £5000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The fire which broke out in W. Menz and Co.'s Steam Bread Biscuit Factory (brief particulars of which were previonsly wired) began on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The inquest on the recent fires on board the Hilaria was concluded to-day after lasting several days. The jury returned a verdict that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →IT was the opinion of some people that tha smoke had increased in the cut during the afternoon; but at 6 o'clock Superintendent Hansen stated that the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Last night the efficacy of carbonic gas as a means of smotheriug the fire was tested. The results were dis. couraging, and the pumping bf the gas…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A few shareholders in the Proprietary mine formally met this afternoon on the occasion ot the half-yearly meeting. Mr. Bows Kelly was in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THERE is really nothing fresh to report about the fire on Block ll. The same plans are being pursued, and with no new results…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mark Lindsay, the second mate, and Edward Benson, the watchman of the Hilaria, were brought before the Coroner to-day and were formally…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The fire which broke out in W. Menz and Co.'s Steam Bread Biscuit Factory (brief particulars of which were previously wired) began on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →This morning practically no change was visible in the aspect of affairs on Block ll. The smoke was as dense as it was last night—fresh vents had been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A few shareholders in the Proprietary mine formally met this afternoon on the occasion ot the half-yearly meeting. Mr. Bowes Kelly was in the…
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